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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Hugh Columba MacNeil

In memory of:

Flying Officer Hugh Columba MacNeil

May 13, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/17016

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Mrs. S. Macneil, of Redpoint, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 185 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GENDRINGEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row B. Grave 25.

Location:

Gendringen is a village on the Dutch-German border 30 kilometres east-south-east of Arnhem and 15 kilometres south-east of Doetinchem. The GENDRINGEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY is behind the church of St. Martinus, which stands in the centre of Gendringen. The British plot is near the eastern boundary wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Hugh Columba MacNeil is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Hugh Columba MacNeil is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HUGH COLUMBA MACNEIL– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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